Chikwe who appeared on Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ on Thursday May 21, said thenumber of tests conducted on persons infected with coronavirus (COVID-19) before they are certified to have recovered from the disease, was reduced in the new policy.

“So, the discharge criterion at the moment is a single negative test in Nigeria.

“We used to do two negative tests – 48 hours apart – but because of challenges of bed space capacity, we reduced that to a single negative test then discharge the patient to another one week of home isolation … that’s the policy at the moment.”

Reacting to allegations against the NCDC on refusing to release some patients from its isolation facility after they recovered from the disease, the NCDC DG stated that the agency does not manage any patient but support clinicians in various states with guidelines.

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